# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=207

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## [stl unit size](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stl-unit-size/2241)

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**Author:** [@momentumv](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/momentumv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stl-unit-size/2241 "2019-07-18T14:53:19Z")

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I exported data (save data) and successfully saved a set of contours, but when I import them into a cad package, the data seems to be scaled by a factor of 100. (a point in paraview would be at 0.119 (meters) and that sa…

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## [Problem with saving 'Extract Selection' filter into a macros.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-saving-extract-selection-filter-into-a-macros/2242)

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**Author:** [@e-kolosov](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/e-kolosov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-saving-extract-selection-filter-into-a-macros/2242 "2019-07-18T14:02:44Z")

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Hello. I used ‘Start trace’ tool to create a macros but it is not working correctly for ‘Extract Selection’ filter. For more details see the video attached below. Is it a bug? extract\_selection-2019-07-18\_11.35.10.mkv …

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## [Octree support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/octree-support/2228)

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**Author:** [@Fayanzar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Fayanzar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/octree-support/2228 "2019-07-17T18:39:13Z")

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Dear all, I’ve experienced such a problem: so far I have the octree-structured data represented with separate cells in hdf5/xdmf format. The thing is, handling large data in such a format causes significant RAM blowups.…

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## [Plot over line gives NaN](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-gives-nan/2207)

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**Author:** [@Rem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rem)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-gives-nan/2207 "2019-07-17T14:15:51Z")

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Hi all! I’m experiencing a little issue here when plotting over line. When I try to visualise the attached data in 2D everything works well. But if I want to plot, say on the x=0 axis, some values don’t appear (wholes i…

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## [Calculator filter generates unexpected results](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-filter-generates-unexpected-results/2234)

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**Author:** [@myousefi2016](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/myousefi2016)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-filter-generates-unexpected-results/2234 "2019-07-16T15:45:58Z")

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Hi all, I’m working on a vtkPolyData file and I’m interested to write a formula based on some of the existing data arrays by using Calculator filter. One of the components of my formula is a vector (I’m pretty sure it i…

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## [xdmf3 issue with join. Any solution ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf3-issue-with-join-any-solution/2236)

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**Author:** [@GSS79](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GSS79)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf3-issue-with-join-any-solution/2236 "2019-07-16T15:40:00Z")

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Hi , Since the introduction of xdmf3 i’ve had an issue with our files. After some analysis and poking arround it seems it comes from the use of JOIN for the attributes to generate a vector from its components like thi…

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## [Delaunay 2D Filter Meshing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/delaunay-2d-filter-meshing/2210)

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**Author:** [@Raychel\_Bahnick](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Raychel_Bahnick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/delaunay-2d-filter-meshing/2210 "2019-07-16T04:08:53Z")

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I am reading in x,y,z coordinate data with x velocities by using the Delauney 2D Filter. Is there a way to make the triangulation meshing finer on this filter? If not, is there anyway to control the density of your mesh …

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## [Nvidia index errors](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-errors/2226)

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**Author:** [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-errors/2226 "2019-07-15T19:38:37Z")

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Dear all I would like to implement the nvidiaindex plugin to get high performance in rendering. My way to install the plugin is to build the paraview 5.6.0 from source and turn on the Nvidia index option. But when I l…

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## [Keeping cutting plane stationary while rotating/translating 3D object](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keeping-cutting-plane-stationary-while-rotating-translating-3d-object/2218)

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**Author:** [@fghorow](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fghorow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keeping-cutting-plane-stationary-while-rotating-translating-3d-object/2218 "2019-07-15T17:57:00Z")

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Hi All, I have a solid sphere of data and I would like to be able to have a visualization with a stationary cutting plane and the 3D data rotating/translating freely while the cutting plane retains it’s orientation. (Bo…

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## [Sphere into Plane](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sphere-into-plane/2225)

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**Author:** [@Mendelina\_Lopez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mendelina_Lopez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sphere-into-plane/2225 "2019-07-15T17:48:53Z")

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Hi, I was trying to visualize data on a sphere which is stored in a netcdf file. Is there any way to view it as a plane? So similar to a cartesian map? Thanks for your help!! Mendelina

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## [ParaView 5.6.0 Bug: Objects not appearing \[Fixed\]](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-bug-objects-not-appearing-fixed/2221)

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**Author:** [@ksripathy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ksripathy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-bug-objects-not-appearing-fixed/2221 "2019-07-15T16:19:59Z")

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I have installed OpenFOAM v1906 along with ParaView 5.6.0 on Pop OS 18.04 LTS. I followed the instructions mentioned in build.md file in ThirdParty-v1906 directory. I was able to run a simulation using the post compilati…

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## [ParaView version](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-version/2214)

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**Author:** [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-version/2214 "2019-07-15T13:42:19Z")

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Hi, I installed ParaView on Amazon EC2 using “sudo apt install paraview”. How do I find the ParaView version? I tried : “paraview --version” and “paraview --V” but I got the message: “paraview: cannot connect to X se…

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## [Display bug in 5.7.0](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-bug-in-5-7-0/2213)

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**Author:** [@Rem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rem)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-bug-in-5-7-0/2213 "2019-07-15T09:37:38Z")

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Hi all, I encountered the exact same bug as in https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17499 I’m using the last version of Paraview, tried to update my drivers, tried to delete the configuration files, but …

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## [SuperBuild and plugin.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-and-plugin/2209)

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**Author:** [@paskino](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/paskino)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-and-plugin/2209 "2019-07-15T09:35:46Z")

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Hallo I’m trying to build ParaView with the superbuild. It does actually work, but I’m not getting the Qt GUI. Reading here I was lead to think that ENABLE\_qt5 would suffice. But after the build I “only” got pvbatch pv…

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## [Plot over line with xdmf](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-with-xdmf/1643)

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**Author:** [@Rem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rem)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-with-xdmf/1643 "2019-07-15T09:30:52Z")

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Hi all, I encountered some issues ploting over lines with xdmf files. Everything works well if I don’t change the Line Parameters. As soon as I modify these parameters, the plot disapears. Can someone help ? Cheers, …

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## [How to export animation in Real Time mode](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-in-real-time-mode/2116)

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**Author:** [@Rem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rem)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-in-real-time-mode/2116 "2019-07-14T12:05:10Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying to export an animation in Real Time mode. I’ve managed to create the animation in the Animation View panel. But when I export it, I need to give a frame rate and the exported animation doesn’t look li…

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## [ParaView 5.7 RC1: ray tracing seems to cause unexpected behaviours with handle widgets.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-rc1-ray-tracing-seems-to-cause-unexpected-behaviours-with-handle-widgets/2206)

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**Author:** [@phil\_ossk](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/phil_ossk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-rc1-ray-tracing-seems-to-cause-unexpected-behaviours-with-handle-widgets/2206 "2019-07-12T22:06:35Z")

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Hello, I just installed 5.7.0-RC1 and was playing around with it when I noticed the following: it looks like enabling Ray Tracing causes some funny behaviours with objects that have handles. For instance, if I have an…

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## [GetProperty ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getproperty/2204)

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**Author:** [@Mariana\_Rodriguez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mariana_Rodriguez)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getproperty/2204 "2019-07-12T21:39:35Z")

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Hello, I want to read a variable of the source to then use in a python script. How can I do that? GetProperty does not work. Thank you, Mariana

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## [run pvbatch in parallel using mpi help!](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-pvbatch-in-parallel-using-mpi-help/2193)

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**Author:** [@ericzenn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ericzenn)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-pvbatch-in-parallel-using-mpi-help/2193 "2019-07-12T14:18:26Z")

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Hello to all, currently I do external aerodynamics analysis for my thesis with OpenFOAM. For postprocessing I use paraview 5.4.1 I figured out how to do all the work in the GUI on parallel computing, with e.g. ‘mpiexec…

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## [Integrating over time](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-over-time/2205)

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**Author:** [@hsheldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hsheldon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-over-time/2205 "2019-07-12T07:18:22Z")

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Is there any plan to add a filter to Paraview to integrate variables over time? It seems like it should be a relatively simple thing to do.

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## [ParaView 5.7 RC1 run time warning](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-rc1-run-time-warning/2203)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-rc1-run-time-warning/2203 "2019-07-11T20:04:33Z")

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I downloaded and tried out the ParaView 5.7 RC1 candidate on a RHEL 7.6 machine and am seeing a couple of issues: With paraview, pvserver and pvpython (I didn’t try pvbatch but assume I’d get the same behavior) I’m get…

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## [How to show shell thickness from LS-DYNA file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-shell-thickness-from-ls-dyna-file/2201)

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**Author:** [@hsvalladares](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hsvalladares)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-shell-thickness-from-ls-dyna-file/2201 "2019-07-11T18:20:41Z")

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Hi, I am modeling a sandwich composite in LS-DYNA using shell and solid elements and I would like to know if there is any way to show the thickness of the shell elements in ParaView. Please see the attached figure. A…

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## [Plot over line in different times in same line chart](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-in-different-times-in-same-line-chart/2144)

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**Author:** [@AlexLadino](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AlexLadino)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-in-different-times-in-same-line-chart/2144 "2019-07-11T17:35:33Z")

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I have an OpenFoam transient simulation and i want to plot the pressure profile at two (or more) different time step in same chart in order to see the evolution of the profile along time. So, in resume: How can i do to …

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## [better resolution](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/better-resolution/2197)

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**Author:** [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/better-resolution/2197 "2019-07-11T15:07:04Z")

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Hi, How can I improve the resolution of the rendered view?

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## [How to combine the result data with the mesh data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-combine-the-result-data-with-the-mesh-data/2190)

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**Author:** [@makoto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/makoto)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-combine-the-result-data-with-the-mesh-data/2190 "2019-07-11T10:36:35Z")

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Hi, everyone, I’m new with Paraview but I’m expecting the flexible usage. Now I have two data files. One is Nastran .nas file and the result with .cvs file. The cvs data includes grid point coordinates, pressure and th…

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## [Head over flow graph](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/head-over-flow-graph/2186)

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**Author:** [@mchoudhry01](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mchoudhry01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/head-over-flow-graph/2186 "2019-07-09T12:05:36Z")

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Hi all, I am new to paraview and openfoam as well. I have run a simulation in which I need to plot the graph of Head over flow rate but I do not know how to plot that particular graph. Any help would be much appreciated…

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## [errors compiling ParaView 5.6.1 for offscreen GPU rendering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/errors-compiling-paraview-5-6-1-for-offscreen-gpu-rendering/2049)

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**Author:** [@razoumov](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/razoumov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/errors-compiling-paraview-5-6-1-for-offscreen-gpu-rendering/2049 "2019-07-09T22:05:31Z")

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Hello, I am trying to compile ParaView 5.6.1 server to run offscreen on cluster GPU nodes, using the following flags: -DCMAKE\_SKIP\_RPATH=ON -DPARAVIEW\_INSTALL\_DEVELOPMENT\_FILES=ON -DVTK\_OPENGL\_HAS\_OSMESA=ON -DPARAVI…

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## [Script not working : AttributeError](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/script-not-working-attributeerror/2166)

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**Author:** [@oguzhanakca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/oguzhanakca)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/script-not-working-attributeerror/2166 "2019-07-09T06:51:54Z")

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Hello, I’m working with OpenFoam for simulations and using paraView to postprocess them. What we do is extracting 3 csv data files and as we test a lot of different simulations in the same time, we worked on automatize…

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## [stream tracer and structured meshes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stream-tracer-and-structured-meshes/2182)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stream-tracer-and-structured-meshes/2182 "2019-07-09T02:09:24Z")

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Hi guys, Jeff is having issues doing stream tracers on a large structured mesh. File format (that Jeff is writing) is .vtm. Is this a known bug, or are we doing something wrong?

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## [Applying ParaView pipelines on different datasets (originating from the same code)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-paraview-pipelines-on-different-datasets-originating-from-the-same-code/2012)

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**Author:** [@peterl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/peterl)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-paraview-pipelines-on-different-datasets-originating-from-the-same-code/2012 "2019-07-08T08:10:51Z")

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Good afternoon, I am using ParaView now for over a year but still struggle with one significant issue: I run MHD simulations on a daily basis with one code and generate vtu output that I analyze with ParaView. I built a…

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